[VMWare] Restoring Datastorage from Virtual Machine

[Scenario]

A user found that a file from DFS(Distributed File System) server has been lost. A IT ticket raised but help desk could not recover the file from "Previous version" because shadow copy has been disabled.

 

[Objectives]

Restore the file from VMWare backup

 

[Remediation]

- Check DFS server of the drive where the lost file located

 

- Go to "vSphere Client" then find the DFS server

- At Disk Management, figure out disk label and volumn

 

- At vSphere Clint, figure out the hard disk SAN name

 

- Search the SAN then do back up

 

- At test VM, add "Existing Hard Disk" and then select the backup

 

- Go to the test server, disk management then activate the disk driver

 

- Go to the path of the lost file and copy the file then past it to dedicated path

 

- Deactive the disk after recovering the file

 

 

- Unmount the back up after deleting backup